Public Transportation: Trivial efforts make world a better place

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China is expected to comprehensively achieve "strong traffic country" status by 2035. The goal cannot be realized without even the smallest part of the system. Today delegates of transportation services talked about their everyday missions to the public. CGTN's Wang Qiwei has more.

You probably don't remember those who smile at you when you get on a bus or pass a highway tollbooth. You also might not think of the person who does research to make your wifi work better. But those people make your life easier, and China's transportation better.

Yang Miaomiao, a bus driver in Bengbu City, has collectively driven 800 thousand kilometers and transported 5 million passengers in her 24 years on the job. She's also seen many changes and developments in the nation's bus system in that time.

YANG MIAOMIAO, BUS DRIVER BENGBU BUS GROUP "Construction of public transport stations over the past five years has reached the sum of the past three decades. Also, we offer special treatment to passengers that have preferential needs. There's a student line, industry park line, etc. Plus, we have minibusses that can cross narrow streets, taking some right to their front door."

Zhong Songmin, a marine emergency rescue salvage expert and senior diver, has rescued many survivors from sinking ships. He's proud of what he's doing.

ZHONG SONGMIN MARINE EMERGENCY RESCUE SALVAGE EXPERT "The salvage job totally depends on the weather. We sometimes have to work for months straight in adverse weather. But the job allows me to marvel over life's goodness. Whether it's saving people's lives or warding off disaster, this sacred duty is mine."

For the coming decades, China's transportation needs to meet the requirements of people's growing living standard. And that's what people like Yang Miaomiao and Zhong Songmin is working on.